We won't let raid ordeal stop us, says heroic shopkeeper
A brave shopkeeper today said the moment she fought off a hooded gunman still haunts her family – but insisted she is determined to stay at her shop and get on with her life.
Ranvir Bassi today spoke out for the first time about the ordeal she suffered at her shop in Stafford.
With the weapon pointed at her face and her seven-year-old daughter clinging to her skirt, Mrs Bassi refused to hand over money, pushed the gun away and chased the masked gunman to the door of her shop in Rickerscote Road.
She was praised by a judge as a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted attempted robbery, possessing a firearm with intent to commit robbery and possessing a prohibited weapon at Stafford Crown Court.
Mrs Bassi said she 'hoped it would all be over soon' once he is sentenced, after the case adjourned for pre-sentence reports to be prepared.
The 35-year-old was shutting the shop 10 minutes early to visit her son Gurdip, aged eight, who was in hospital suffering from severe eczema, when the man stormed in.
